TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Radical Vision]

Solid as hell is the thing, as the times goes on only they will survive, also i prefer working Intel and GIGAwood boards with working CPUs on them over dead heavily OCed ABIT and EPoX ones... ASUS is very interesting to me, i hate them but i can clearly see the build quality on their pre 2000 boards is very very high, and also always using Japan Rubycon capacitors, yet they tend to die just like that lmao, so no asus for me... Usually when replacing the few crappy nichicons or brown KZG caps these GIGAbytes run well... I had like one of these that did came DOA, and one 7N400 Pro that stopped posting after recap, but thats about it... I saw more dead MSI boards, many more dead asus ones...


Oke lets go then... It is obvious how many GIGAwood boards are in here, asus, MSI and others... Hell i did not even know i had another DED AF MSI Pro Ver:5 (MS-6337), till i saw the scrap pictures... Also amny unpictured red MSI AM2 garbage boards that are always dead, when i see these i am sure they wont post, some of them dont even power on lul...




Look here what a miracle working GIGAwood boards....






Also for a change out of 4 ABIT NF7 V2, 2 were DOA when i got them, but i dont blame the boards as much (like with asus), as i bet they did OC on them like insane, but still they should have survived..

At least we both agree that asus is overrated AF, and dead most of the time....

 

[MaxiPro800]

Your turn. All pictured are working, for some I am waiting on some new CPUs. One even has a onboard Voodoo 3 2000 16MB.

Zero Gigabyte in sight, they get destroyed as soon as one fails test, only working one left is a 939 board worth nothing else than its CPU a 64 x2 4600 which will likely get destroyed as well once I find a DFI Lanparty NF4-SLI DR

Forgot I have a GA-7VR that survived the Gigabyte massacre, probably because it's the only to have an properly coded AMI BIOS

ASUS get sold as quickly as possible so I don't have to be responsible for their deaths

 

[Radical Vision]

This started as me saying asus is crap and overrated, and that next after them MSI did die, and GIGAbyte less, not competition for most ded MSI boards and alive GIGAbyte ones... I still had more dead MSIs then GIGAbytes >>>




One of the many red AM2 dead MSI, it may be new, but had like 6 like this all dead different years, different ppl....





I also have working MSI boards, and more working GIGAbyte ones... Much working GIGAbyte boards in here, compared to ur 939 one only.. I would also have high end 939 GIGAbyte, but the seller was scumbag, and did not care enough to send pictures and stuff, so could not get it... That 939 Diamond MSI prob is working cuz is brand new, the blue s370 GIGAbyte was used one...

 

[MaxiPro800]

More ABIT and MSI here, Gigabyte get destroyed until 775. Also no RAID on that BX2000 it's lame, should have got a 2000+

Already have a lineup for sale, and no Gigabyte in sight because they're crap

- Soltek SL-65LIV-T
- DFI P2BLX
- Biostar M7VKB
- ASUS P5P800 (the few of ASUS that still runs)
- Soltek SL-65KIV2
- Shuttle AK12A
- Acer S61

 

[Radical Vision]

I also have more MSI/ ABIT mobos then GIGAbyte myself... on 462 i have the GA-7N400 Pro is only 1, had the Pro 2, but sold it, dont have the GA-7NNXP... Compared to that i have 5 ABIT 462, x4 NF7 and one KT7A so 5:1, and x2 MSI NF2 Delta board one red and one Neo Platinum... Also BX2000 is one, on other hand i have ABIT BE6, BE6-II, had more BE6 and BE6-II but sold them, no point in having 20 of the same... GIGAbyte mobos are rare overall, ABIT not as much for some reason, maybe they did buy more ABIT back then, or maybe ABIT is more solid, even with their garbage tayeh caps, that the dead ss7 MSI has as well....

But when i think about it, i remember looking at the red MSI K7 Delta, and it did look fine in quality, same for the Platinum.. Tho the K7 Platinum had at least 4 garbage KZG caps that did go to the opera to scream... So yes when i look at the pic too, that red NF2 Delta has great build quality, and only mix Panasonic and Rubycon caps very nice.... It puts to shame the Platinum, with it few KGZ garbage caps that have been replaced... Tho why TF these boards lack the mounting holes for the big coolers is beyond me, it was the same crap with GIGAbyte, both brands did not have holes rip big tower i guess..

 

[MaxiPro800]

I have these ABIT with a BX133-RAID on the way:

-BE6-II
-BP6
-VP6
-BX6R2
-IS7-E v1.2
-KR7A
-KG7-RAID
-NF7-S v2 w/ custom BIOS
-BH6
-TX5
(in transit) BX133-RAID

MSI:
-6163 v1
-6163 Pro v2
-6168 v2 with onboard Voodoo 3 2000 16MB, is the most sought after MSI board after the BX Master
-K7 Pro 6195
-694D Pro-AR
-815EM Pro v5.1
-K7N2 Delta-ILSR, competes with NF7-S v2, the older v1 of Delta were much better than Delta2
-6340 K7TM PRO Ver 1.0
-K8T Neo-FIS2R

Lamebyte:
-7VR
-K8NF-9

AS(S)US:
- i don't even care, it works it's sold, if not into scrap it goes

10:9:2 ratio, soon to be 11, that's great, meanwhile Gigabytes fry their shit without me doing anything and using proper PSUs like Chieftec GPS-450 and even Antec EA-500, at least their caps gonna be handy in saving more ABIT and MSI, except the two boards (K8NF9 and that 7VR) that still POST

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

On the ones with the older boards not posting, may I ask what psu you are using? Why I ask is with newer psus the older stuff may not boot. Newer psus do not have a strong enough 5v rail to power older rigs. Talking Socket A and so on. I have experienced this myself. Used a newer 750 watt Corsair unit and a 650 watt Antec unit testing some socket A motherboards and they would not post not matter what. Swapped out the psu with a old from the late 90's Enermax 431 watt unit and they fired right up. The 5v rail on that old unit is 44amps compared to the 20 amps on the corsair unit.

 

[MaxiPro800]

The following units are what I use

-Seasonic 350W w/ -5v rail, made circa 2002
-Antec EA-500
-ISO 500PP
-Maxpower PL-400 (recapped)
-MS Industries KY-400ATX (recapped)
-Raidmax RX-700AC (Andyson OEM)

All have powerful enough 5v rails - I have personally loaded the ISO and Seasonic close to the max with the 694D Pro AR, by using 2x Seagate ST336607LW SCSI drives, as well as a DVDRW and a 10k RPM WD Raptor.